The Urban Alberta Advantage: Clustering in Canadian Indie Music
Artistic expression is one of the ways an artist can convey identification with a particular place. Canadian musicians, for instance, tend...
Elephants in the Room: VVD-PvdA and Housing Reform
Diedrik Samsom (PvdA) and Mark Rutte (VVD) announce the formation of the current coalition government (Photo: Minister-president Rutte on Flickr)...
A Short History of Social Housing in Glasgow
Something unique is going on here. Tiny Glasgow, with a population of less than 600.000 people (of which 37% live...
Designing Activism: An Interview with Ann Thorpe
Author Ann Thorpe made a digital visit to The Proto City's temporary Hong Kong bureau to talk shop about design,...
Fluid Urbanity: Temporary Spaces in South Sudan
This is the first part of a two-part series by Fernando Salcedo on the unique urban landscapes in South Sudan,...
Selling Out The Block: Urban Renewal in Sydney
The Block in Redfern, minutes away from Sydney’s central business district. The Aboriginal flag in the centre signifies the strong...
Hyperdense: High-Density Residential Architecture in Hong Kong
An oasis from hyperdensityPhoto: 121014.010 by Adam Nowek There are few cities as well-discussed in urbanism circles as Hong Kong....
Food Deserts: Fat-Makers or Fairy Tales?
In times when an increasing amount of the population in many Western countries is becoming obese, urban scholars came up...
Amsterdam Squatting: Crime or Creative Space Use?
When one door closes, another door opens. Well, that's hardly ever the case, but who gives a shit anyway? Certainly...
The New York City Subway: A Transit Museum
'Stand clear of the closing door, please!' This phrase is a steady companion on a ride on the extensive New...
